Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Newly Listed on 14 June 1940

on 14 June 1940

measuring 185 mm (w) x 255 mm (l) x 80 mm (h)

With two reverse attachment prongs

residue in the recessed areas on the obverse

717 where the 88th had their highest casualties of the war

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Newly Listed on 14 June 1940(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised number 50, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR